Users Guide

About This Guide............................................................................................................................ 8
Revision History..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Audience................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Related Documentation........................................................................................................................................................ 8
Dell Online Services............................................................................................................................................................... 8
Technical Support and Customer Service..........................................................................................................................8
Contacting Dell.......................................................................................................................................................................8
1 Introduction to HIT/Linux..............................................................................................................9
Overview.................................................................................................................................................................................9
Terminology............................................................................................................................................................................9
PS Series Group Network Recommendations................................................................................................................. 10
2 Installing and Configuring HIT/Linux ............................................................................................ 11
Obtain the Installation Kit.....................................................................................................................................................11
Installation Prerequisites...................................................................................................................................................... 11
Installation Script and RPMs..........................................................................................................................................11
Dell End-User License Agreement (EULA)................................................................................................................. 12
Supported Linux Distributions.......................................................................................................................................12
Array Firmware............................................................................................................................................................... 12
Supported File Systems.................................................................................................................................................12
Use of the multipathd Daemon.............................................................................................................................. 12
Linux Packages and Dependencies.............................................................................................................................. 13
Installation Procedure.......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Pre-Installation Steps.....................................................................................................................................................13
Installation Steps............................................................................................................................................................ 14
Installation Results..........................................................................................................................................................14
Uninstalling HIT/Linux....................................................................................................................................................16
Updating HIT/Linux........................................................................................................................................................16
Configuration........................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Configuring HIT/Linux .................................................................................................................................................. 17
EqualLogic Configuration Utility (eqlconfig)............................................................................................................... 17
EqualLogic Host Performance and Tuning Suite (eqltune) ..................................................................................... 18
Evaluating Output Information..................................................................................................................................... 19
Configuring ASM/LE......................................................................................................................................................21
Verification........................................................................................................................................................................... 22
3 Remote Setup Wizard Command Line Interface.............................................................................23
General Command Syntax for the RSWCLI.....................................................................................................................23
Configuration — Discovering a PS Series Array............................................................................................................. 23
rswcli --discover Command Syntax............................................................................................................................ 24
Example: Discovering Uninitialized PS Series Arrays................................................................................................ 24
Initializing a PS Series Array............................................................................................................................................... 24
rswcli --initialize Command Syntax............................................................................................................................. 24
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